Dhamani / Dhaman
Grewia tiliifolia
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Grewia tiliifolia
- Genus
- Grewia
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and deciduous forests on hills up to 1400m
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala, Rajasthan, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Tiliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhamani itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhamani
- Bengali
- Dhamin
- Tamil
- Unu
- Telugu
- Cahrachi
- Kannada
- ತಡಸಲ್(ಲು) Tadasal ಬುತ್ತೇಲೆ Buttele, ಕೆಂದಲಸು Kendalasu, ತಡಸು
- Malayalam
- Unnam
About Dhamani
Dhaman (Grewia tiliifolia) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 12 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and deciduous forests on hills up to 1400m. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Dhamani belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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